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Under Mayor Freddie O'Connell's Capital Spending Plan, Metro Nashville Public Schools has been allocated $98 million.

What’s in Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s capital spending plan? Largely infrastructure and education

This year’s $527 million plan marks an increase of $13 million from last year and is subject to Metro Council approval.

Tennessee’s Title X family planning funding could change under a second Trump term

Tennessee’s rigid anti-abortion policies lost the state millions of dollars in family planning funding under the Biden Administration. Experts say it’s not easy to predict what the Trump Administration will do about it.

NashVillager Podcast: Tennessee and the tobacco settlement

How did a massive tobacco settlement change Tennessee? Plus the local news for November 20, 2024.

WeGo ramps up hiring and training as Nashville looks to increase bus service

Now that Nashville voters have given the green-light to the transit referendum, the city will be increasing its bus service. That means running buses more often and for longer hours — and that means more drivers and mechanics.

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Tennessee Firearms Association sues Memphis over gun referendum measures

Where private schools are plentiful, Kentucky Amendment 2 still failed

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Tennessee’s Title X family planning funding could change under a second Trump term

Where private schools are plentiful, Kentucky Amendment 2 still failed

Should women be allowed to fight on the front lines? Trump’s defense pick reignites the debate.

Tennessee’s motion to stop formerly incarcerated Tennesseans from voting fails a second time. The state isn’t giving up.

Environment

Unicoi County Animal Shelter faces a long road to full recovery

TVA 2020 v. 2030: Why the nation’s largest public utility is not getting cleaner

NashVillager Podcast: Putting the ‘big’ in Big Tech

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Tennessee’s Title X family planning funding could change under a second Trump term

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Tennessee earns D- grade on annual infant and maternal health report card

Women are the fastest growing group among U.S. veterans. Here’s how a Nashville dental clinic served them this week.

Kentucky voters overwhelmingly approve of allowing medical cannabis businesses

Criminal Justice

Tennessee’s motion to stop formerly incarcerated Tennesseans from voting fails a second time. The state isn’t giving up.

A 13-year-old with autism got arrested after his backpack sparked fear. Only his stuffed bunny was inside.

Disenfranchised Tennesseans can vote in this election, Nashville judge rules

‘We want people to hear our voices’: Election Day inside a Nashville jail

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